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Archaeology Mar 6, 2024

Lost tombs and quarries rediscovered on British military base in Cyprus

More than forty archaeological sites in Cyprus dating potentially as far back as the Bronze Age that were thought lost to history have been relocated by University of Leicester scientists working for the Ministry of Defence.

Environment Jun 19, 2023

Battle for Oak Flat: How Apache opposition to a copper mine became a religious liberty test

On a recent morning about an hour outside Phoenix, the pounding of tribal drums reverberated across the desert from a stand of oaks in the Tonto National Forest, where nearly 20 men had packed into a squat green sweat lodge ...

Environment Dec 31, 2019

Looking down on a decade: Satellite images tell the stories

There has been no shortage of big news over the last decade. Spanning the globe, some stories were expected while others caught the world off guard. Some were so massive they were visible from space, captured through state-of-the-art ...

Engineering Mar 7, 2017

Computer linguists are developing an intelligent system aid for air traffic controllers

Together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), computer scientists from Saarland University have now developed a new system that listens in to these conversations and engages with the controllers. The scientists are presenting ...

Electronics & Semiconductors Feb 17, 2017

Particles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronics

You may not realize it but alien subatomic particles raining down from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on your smartphones, computers and other personal electronic devices.

Other Jul 25, 2016

Flight 370: With search suspended, a cold-case file awaits

For two years and more, it has been a lost ship, a metal container carrying 239 souls that simply disappeared one late Asian night never to be seen again. And now, the search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ...

Space Exploration Apr 21, 2016

Image: Proba-1 images Ice station Svalbard

Long shadows cast across the snow give a frosty view of the covered domes of Europe's most northerly ground station, as seen by the smallest camera on ESA's veteran Proba-1 minisatellite.

Engineering Jun 19, 2015

Hits at Paris Air Show: Vertical lift-off, tiny satellites

Planes you can park in your garage. Satellites that fit in your backpack.

Engineering May 1, 2015

Bringing hypersonic flight closer to reality

Two University of Sydney aeronauticalengineering PhD researchers have been invited by the European Space Agency (ESA) to help realise the dream of travelling across the globe at 7 times the speed of sound.

Earth Sciences Dec 23, 2014

Scottish engineers deliver instrument to study 'greenhouse gases' from a NASA unmanned aircraft

Engineers in Edinburgh used to building instruments to look at the atmospheres of stars and distant planets have turned their attention to the atmosphere of Earth. A prototype instrument designed and built at the UK Astronomy ...

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